neverAcquiesce wrote:Ya know, with the right number and color of beads one could easily design an Independent logo on the board...

That's a great idea. Or you could have Pirple, Gray, and Black, bead, up against Green, Yellow, and Blue, beads.. You konw like in regular checkers, you say "Do you want to be Red, or Black?" You could say "Do you want to be independance or Alliance?" (just be real sure you konw wheree the people your playing with stood on the war. lol)